Trixie Mattel is shocked to find her photo being used as a warning to students

queerty.com:

Drag Race icon Trixie Mattel went viral over the weekend. She discovered that a college in the Philippines was using a photo of her to warn students to go easy on their makeup for graduation.Cronasia Foundation College, Inc., a school in General Santos City, posted a message on social media before its graduation ceremony.

It listed do’s and “dont’s” [SIC] for students.Besides a photo of a female student wearing a minimum of makeup, it said, “Do’s: Wear Simple and Light Make-up.”Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.Then, beside a photo of Mattel, it said, “Dont’s: Overloaded makeup.”Mattel shared the image to Facebook, simply saying “Damn.”The All-Stars Season 3 winner also shared it on X, saying, “A college is using my picture for this.”A college is using my picture for this: pic.twitter.com/fVxYt6S7gyIt provoked thousands of replies across social media.Don’t take any advice from a college that uses apostrophes to make plurals but not contractions.your only option is to show up to graduationtell them to give you an honorary degree now pic.twitter.com/Olwhsz5U1OI don’t understand.

All I see is a natural woman with a minimalist, tasteful amount of blush.Others suggested Mattel obtain a graduation robe and pose for a photo shoot to prove the college wrong.Another quipped, “It’s literally ‘foundation’ college and they’re going to limit the amount of makeup people wear?”Filipino drag artist Eva Le Queen replied on X, “HAHAHA it’s in the Philippines!

Lol.”The college in question hastily posted a statement to its Facebook page.“Our school, Cronasia Foundation College, Inc., acknowledges that the communication around the ‘Do’s and Don’ts’ for graduation pictures may have caused confusion and unintended frustration,” the school’s Basic Education Department said.“For this, we sincerely apologize to the people involved – Trixie Mattel and the Drag community, our students.